South Carolina congressman invites Colorado ammo maker to Dixie

WASHINGTON — South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncanhas invited Erie-based Magpul, a manufacturer of high-capacity magazines, to relocate to the Palmetto state because it is more hospitable to the second amendment.

Duncan, a Republican, has been following the news inside Colorado’s Capitol, where House lawmakers just passed four pieces of gun control legislation. Among them is a proposed ban on high-capacity magazines.

Magpul is a manufacturing company that employs 400 people, including full-time workers and subcontractors, throughout the state. The company’s chief operating officer told The Denver Post it would leave Colorado if the ban on high-capacity magazines became law.

“South Carolina would welcome Magpul with open arms,” Duncan said. “In South Carolina, we believe in the Second Amendment. We believe in free enterprise. We believe in the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Our state welcomes any individual or business who believes the same.”

The proposed law now heads to the state Senate for debate. It would have to be signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper to become law. Hickenlooper has indicated early support for the ban on high-capacity magazines.

The South Carolina congressman extended a similar offer last month to New York-based Remington Arms because New York’s state legislature has strengthened the state’s gun laws.

Duncan’s staff has offered to set Magpul officers up in a meeting with South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and the state commerce secretary.

The state’s Daucusville Business Association President Ronnie Hall issued a statement Wednesday saying it would welcome more gun manufacturers to the south.

“We strongly support the Second Amendment, and would welcome these respectable businesses to relocate to our state,” he said.

South Carolina may have to get in line.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has also written a letter trying to lure Magpul south citing its warm climate and low taxes, according to news reports.

South Carolina could sure use the jobs, it might reduce the number of food stampers there, so adios, start packing.

Mark W

Magpul is a manufacturer of firearm parts and accessories, not ammo.

http://www.facebook.com/dillard.jenkins Dillard Jenkins

You’re right, but the article didn’t say they manufactured ammo.

Mark W

The article doesn’t, but the title does.

Mark W

Oops. I was wrong. The first sentence of the third paragraph, and the title both do.

patricksperry

Gads Mark, I had to give you a thumbs up! Wonders never cease! LOL!

patricksperry

“Magpul is an ammunition company” Really..?

Jim

Let the pillaging begin. Colorado’s leftist Demo destruction of the state, starting with pot and progressing to guns, is a green light for sane states to court sane businesspersons here.

http://www.facebook.com/dillard.jenkins Dillard Jenkins

Jim, you should pack up and head to South Carolina you would fit right in with the trailer trash down there.

patricksperry

Dillard do you have any rational statements or arguments? Or are you reduced to name calling because you have nothing else to offer?

Mark W

Hmm.. I didn’t see anything to provoke Dillard’s comment. Possibly his mom is late bringing his milk and cookies down to him in the basement.

rebeldor

How is getting government out of the business of regulating what adults put into their own bodies “leftist?” Wouldn’t that be limited government, something to which “leftists” are opposed?

But I guess you’re one of those fake so-called “conservatives” who want government bureaucrats regulating the private lives of consenting adults–and people like you are every bit as bad as the “leftists” to whom you are supposedly against.

Seems Cheyenne already has worked up a plan. In any case the politicians certainly are not addressing unintended consequences. Like the loss of tax revenue to the state as just one example.

Peter

I cannot believe this “newspaper” did not include some comment such as good riddance, or the Colorado economy is doing so well we do not need those 600 jobs and $85M in revenue. The poll on this issue was as biased and poorly worded as any I have ever seen.

GREAT NEWS….and let’s hope the door hits them on their asses…..and their blood filled hands……every blood dollar of revenue they contribute cannot equal the price tag of 1 life…..ever……

http://www.facebook.com/will.johnson.92372446 Will Johnson

EPIC FAILURE OF JOURNALISM ON DISPLAY HERE

SpinningForeFathers

Whether or not a ban on higher capacity magazines will save lives is purely theoretical (and that is a gracious description), but such a ban will cost 400 people their jobs in a crappy economy – and that is actual and not theoretical. I cannot believe that voters would support a bill that will literally take food out of the mouths of 400 families for a flavor of the month theory. I get it. Guns can be scary, and shootings are tragic – but they will occur even if all guns are outlawed – just look at Chicago. But not running off companies, and adding 400 people to the breadlines is completely preventable. The fact that voters willingly support making our state less attractive to the business community in the current economic environment is height of stupidity. For those that say Magpul has blood on their hands, what will you have on your hands when you take the jobs of 400 people. Yet another example of state-sponsored theft.

I tried telling people, and no one listened. This is going to be a bloody mess now. LOOK UP THE UN PEACE TREATY ORDER TO TOTALLY DISARM THIS COUNTRY!! People need to wake up, and fast. What’s one of the state’s that has the most military bases out all of them? There has to be another agenda behind it. LOOK UP THAT TREATY!!!

Lynn Bartels thinks politics is like sports but without the big salaries and protective cups. The Washington Post's "The Fix" blog has named her one of Colorado's best political reporters and tweeters.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.